Students charged after bringing cupcakes tainted with bodily fluids to school

The two boys and two girls from The Gilbert School each "surrendered themselves voluntarily after learning of the active arrest warrants," Winchester Police Chief William Fitzgerald Jr. said. (Rebecca Smith/Getty Images)

Four Connecticut teens were charged with bringing cupcakes contaminated with bodily fluids to their former high school, according to police.

The two boys and two girls from The Gilbert School each "surrendered themselves voluntarily after learning of the active arrest warrants," Winchester Police Chief William Fitzgerald Jr. said in a statement Monday.

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The students were previously unavailable because they were away at college, according to the release.

The alleged incident occurred during the 2016-17 school year, when the students were seniors.

Their names were not released because of their juvenile status at the time of the alleged crime.

Fitzgerald said that the four from the privately endowed school are charged with conspiracy to commit sexual assault in the fourth degree, sexual assault in the fourth degree and breach of peace in the second degree.

An "extensive forensic examination of the 'cupcake' and DNA comparisons of the suspected juveniles," was conducted and presented to Juvenile Court prosecutors, Fitzgerald's statement reads.

The specific fluid used in the making of the fouled desserts was not named, but there were no reports of illnesses among students or teachers after any of the sweets were consumed.